Drag according to your convenience You bet! Xian’er is clad in a saffron robe and has a shaved head. It can chant Buddhist mantras and explain basic tenets of faith.XIAN WHO? A robot monk from China. His name is Xian’er, which means ‘Worthy Stupid Robot...

How to train your robots: Elon Musk’s new AI gym There’s a new high-tech gym in the works, but it has nothing to do with toning muscles. Elon Musk, the tech-loving chief executive of both Tesla and SpaceX, is building an open-source “gym” for...

School’s in session — Nvidia’s driverless system learns by watching How do you train a car to drive itself? Let it watch real drivers. Engineers from graphics processing unit (GPU) company Nvidia designed a system that learned how to drive after watching...

Elon Musk Opens Training Gym to Make AI Programs Smarter SpaceX and Tesla Motors boss Elon Musk has open-sourced OpenAI Gym, which is a kind of training gym for artificial intelligence programs. The virtual gym is created to help computer programmers improve their AI...

Two guys and a moose: how Nvidia teaches your car to drive itself How do you train a car to drive itself? Let it watch real drivers. Engineers from graphics processing unit (GPU) company Nvidia designed a system that learned how to drive after watching humans drive...

Three ways artificial intelligence is helping us save nature Well; US DoE and EPA has already been using AI for a very, very long time in monitoring and proactively acting on any waste release. How do I know? I was one of the lead architects and developers of the...

Embracing an Era of Unprecedented Advances in Neuroscience At Neuroscience 2015’s Special Presentation “Embracing an Era of Unprecedented Advances in Neuroscience”, NIH Director Francis Collins discussed how his agency, working with the neuroscience...

SfN Supports Scientists Conducting Animal Research As SfN President Hollis Cline explains in her latest column, responsible animal research is essential to advancing our understanding of the brain and nervous system and discovering cures for neurological disorders....

Brain Awareness Week: Sharing Your Passion for Science … Powered by Cincopa Video Hosting for Business solution.Exploring the Brain at Brain Awareness Week 2016Every year, neuroscientists around the world share their love of the brain and nervous system with the...

Gear Up for Neuroscience 2016: Science, Learning, Networking This year, more than 30,000 neuroscientists, clinicians, and advocates will convene for Neuroscience 2016 from November 12-16 at the San Diego Convention Center. Join your peers at SfN’s 46th annual meeting...

Neuroscience 2016: Important Changes to Themes and Topics SfN looks forward to welcoming you to Neuroscience 2016 in San Diego, As you prepare for the annual meeting and submit abstracts, please remember there is a new Themes and Topics structure. The annual meeting...

Inside Neuroscience: New Insights Into Traumatic Brain Injury During a press conference at Neuroscience 2015, researchers highlighted how a better understanding of TBI symptoms and how they manifest is leading to important new treatment strategies. Every year, 2...

Q&A: The China Brain Project and Chinese Neuroscience Funding Mu-ming Poo is the director of the Institute of Neuroscience at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and director of the CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, a...

Building and Expanding Networks for Young Neuroscientists Application season is now open for the Neuroscience Scholars Program (NSP), which has provided guidance and support for underrepresented and diverse neuroscience researchers for more than 30 years. Interested...

What lessons can be learned to upskill the UK’s workforce in data science? The recent explosion in data, connectivity and computing power – combined with powerful, new analytics tools – has sparked huge interest in data science. In response, forward-thinking...

Human primacy is go-ing, go-ing, gone It is said of the ancient Chinese game go that the number of possible positions on its board exceeds the number of atoms in the known universe. This is old news, presumably, to masters of go and master mathematicians. To the rest...

Elon Musk Opens Artificial Intelligence Gym To Train Robots The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, Elon Musk inaugurated an artificial intelligence gymnasium called OpenAI Gym for exercising robotic machines. The rich and famous Elon Musk has launched a beta version of a...